Big 12 Athlete of the Year candidates will be highlighted each day through July 19. Fans who follow the Big 12 Conference on Facebook and twitter will then be able to vote for their male and female choices from July 19-23. Fan voting will be considered in the final tally for selecting this prestigious award.

Today's featured candidates are Kansas' Maggie Hull and Ben McLemore.

MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR NOMINEE

FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR NOMINEE

Ben McLemore; Men's Basketball Freshman; Saint Louis, Mo.

♦ Consensus All-America Second Team selection ♦ All-Big 12 First Team ♦ Named to the NCAA Tournament Midwest All-Regional Team ♦ Three time Big 12 Rookie of the Week and also a Big 12 Player of the Week selection ♦ Recorded 11 games of 20-points or more

Maggie Hull; Softball Senior; Lawrence, Kan.

♦ NFCA All-America Third Team ♦ NFCA All-Region First Team (third-consecutive season) ♦ All-Big 12 Second Team ♦ All-time Kansas batting average leader (.456 season // .368 career) ♦ All Time Kansas Career RBI Leader (140)